CORRIE "So that's it. That was the deal I made with Kennedy." I finished my story to Hatty as she froze in her spot, her expression frozen, and I searched her face, waiting for her to say something, at least anything, but she was still frozen in thought. I reached out to Hatty, but she immediately got up with tears in her eyes, biting down on her knuckles."Hatty, I'm sorry..." I apologized again, getting up."How long have you been keeping this to yourself?" Hatty walked over to me, her hands hesitating to hold me, till she grabbed hold of my hands. "Corrie, how could you keep this to yourself for this long?" she said, finally pulling me into a hug, and I felt a wave of relief wash over me. My hands hesitated to wrap around her. It felt like I didn't deserve it until Hatty hugged me tighter, as if telling me it was okay, that I was allowed to hug her. I wrapped my arms around her as we both cried as loudly as we could till we finally disengaged from the hug and sat down right next t
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